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Prosecutors can't say if Lakers' star will face charges
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
Prosecutors need time to sort through sexual assault allegations against Kobe Bryant. By Judith Kohler ~ The Associated Press EAGLE, Colo. -- Prosecutors need more time before deciding whether to bring charges against Kobe Bryant, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a resort near Vail last week...
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Motorist hits pedestrian, drives home with body in window
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. -- A motorist drove home about a mile with the legless body of a pedestrian in his front windshield before calling authorities to report that he had struck the man, officials said. Deputies first learned of the accident, which happened about midnight Friday, from bar patrons who called to report finding two legs near the parking lot, according to sheriff's reports...
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Foam punches 16-inch hole in shuttle panel during test
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
SAN ANTONIO -- A chunk of foam insulation fired at shuttle wing parts Monday blew open a gaping 16-inch hole, yielding what one member of the Columbia investigation team said was the "smoking gun" that proves what brought down the spaceship. The crowd of about 100 watching the test gasped and cried, "Wow!" when the foam hit -- the impact so violent that it popped a lens off one of the cameras recording the event...
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Nation digest 07/08/03
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
Mom accused of throwing twins into river is charged ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A mother was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder for allegedly throwing her twin sons into the Mississippi River on the Fourth of July. One toddler died; the other was rescued...
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Box-office slump continues; Hollywood trails '02 record
(Entertainment ~ 07/08/03)
LOS ANGELES -- This year's movie superheroes are getting licked by last year's. While "The Matrix Reloaded," "X2: X-Men United," "The Hulk" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" had big weekend openings, Hollywood revenue lags behind the record pace of 2002, when "Spider-Man" and "Star Wars" ruled the summer...
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U.N. nuclear chief urges Iran to ease concerns about program
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
VIENNA, Austria -- Ahead of a key trip to Tehran, the chief U.N. nuclear monitor urged Iran on Monday to come clean on suspect programs that could be used to make atomic weapons. Mohamed ElBaradei, who heads the International Atomic Energy Agency, told The Associated Press that only full cooperation can dispel international skepticism about the country's nuclear ambitions...
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Palestinian, Israeli officials meet to resolve prisoner dispute
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian Cabinet members met Monday to discuss a plan for the Palestinian prime minister to lobby Israel's parliament for a large-scale prisoner release to try to resolve a growing crisis over the prisoners held by Israel...
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China, S. Korea pledge efforts to resolve nuclear crisis
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
BEIJING -- The leaders of China and South Korea pledged new efforts Monday to resolve the standoff over North Korea's suspected development of nuclear weapons, but China also said the North needs reassurances it won't come under attack. Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun spoke to reporters after closed-door talks in Beijing, North Korea's leading ally...
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City police chief dismissed after mosque attack
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
QUETTA, Pakistan -- A city police chief and two other officers have been dismissed for security lapses that allowed four attackers to storm a mosque and kill as many as 50 Shiite Muslim worshippers, a top police official said Monday. The government, meanwhile, said it was looking into whether India was behind the assault...
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Iran confirms test firing missile capable of reaching Israel
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has conducted a "final test" of its ballistic missile Shahab-3, which is capable of reaching Israel and U.S. forces stationed in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The test took place "several weeks ago," contrary to an Israeli report that it happened last week, ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters...
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Complications mount as surgeons work to separate Iranian twins
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
SINGAPORE -- Neurosurgeons separating 29-year-old Iranian sisters joined at the head cut through brain tissue millimeter by millimeter Tuesday after rerouting a thick, shared vein and stitching in a new one. The team of doctors also contended with unstable pressure levels inside the twins' fused skulls as they began uncoupling the sisters' brains, a hospital official said. The risky, marathon procedure -- which could kill both women -- began about 9 p.m. Saturday and could take four days...
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Ambushes kill three U.S. troops in 24 hours
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunfire and explosions in Iraq killed two more U.S. servicemen and wounded four. But despite the worsening guerrilla warfare, the U.S.-led administration called two new city councils to order Monday -- one in the southern Shiite city of Najaf and the other in the chaotic capital...
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After bombings Putin vows Russia won't give in to terror
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
MOSCOW -- In the wake of twin suicide attacks at a Moscow rock festival, President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday that Russia would not give in to terrorism and asserted that Chechen rebels are supported by international groups. The separatist rebels that have been fighting Russian forces for nearly four years in Chechnya are seen by officials as being behind the Saturday blasts that killed 15 people, including the two female bombers, and injured scores...
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No major injuries in first run of annual bull festival
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
PAMPLONA, Spain -- Bulls and humans alike slipped and slid on the cobblestone streets, but the first of Pamplona's annual runs with the bulls was largely injury free Monday as thousands of daredevils sprinted with the half-ton animals. Some runners, sounding disappointed, said they'd seek out greater danger in coming days as the wildly popular, centuries-old San Fermin festival serves up six more runs this week...
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French theater festival threatened by strike
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
PARIS -- French performers on Monday agreed to a strike that could bring an abrupt halt the artistic sensation of the summer, an internationally renowned theater festival in Avignon. The majority of 640 performers in Avignon voted to stay away from the start of the festival in the cobblestone-paved Provence town today...
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U.S. military releases Turks to northern Iraq
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
ANKARA, Turkey -- The U.S. military released 11 Turkish soldiers after detaining them in Iraq for more than two days, straining ties between the two NATO allies and sparking anger from Turkey's top generals. U.S. troops from the 173rd Airborne took the 11 Turkish special forces troops along with 13 Iraqi civilian staff and security guards into custody Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah over an alleged plot to harm Iraqi Kurdish civilian officials in the north. ...
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British lawmakers criticize government's use of intelligence
(International News ~ 07/08/03)
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government mishandled intelligence material on Iraqi weapons, a parliamentary committee reported Monday, but said it found no evidence Blair or his ministers deliberately misled lawmakers. The committee also cleared Blair's communications chief of accusations he redrafted an intelligence dossier against the wishes of intelligence agencies to include unreliable information...
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'Beverly Hillbillies' actor Buddy Ebsen dies at 95
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
LOS ANGELES -- Buddy Ebsen was known for the genial characters he played on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones" but enjoyed a rich creative life beyond television, family and friends said. Ebsen, who died Sunday at age 95 of respiratory failure, also wrote and painted. He started his show business career as a song-and-dance man...
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Three teens arrested when alleged plot to kill enemies unravels
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
OAKLYN, N.J. -- An alleged plot by three teenagers to kill their enemies and then target other victims at random unraveled when they tried to carjack a motorist and were arrested, authorities said. "We could have had a disaster here in Oaklyn," Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi said Sunday night after police said they uncovered the trio's cache of guns, knives and swords in this small town near Philadelphia...
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Homeless soccer has more than just one goal in mind
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
GRAZ, Austria -- Soccer players from 18 countries kicked off a world cup of a different kind Monday in southern Austria: All the players are homeless. Organizers hope the tournament can spark positive changes in the players' lives -- and in society's perception of them...
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Mizzou's injured Clemons will go from hospital to jail
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Suspended Missouri basketball player Ricky Clemons will go from a hospital to jail for violating work-release terms, after wrecking an all-terrain vehicle while visiting the university president's home without permission on Independence Day...
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A lunker for Lunke - Rookie's first win is U.S. Women's Open
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. -- Only when Hilary Lunke saw her 15-foot birdie putt break sharply to the left and head for the center of the cup did she grasp the magnitude of her victory Monday in the U.S. Women's Open. No one had ever won the most prestigious prize in women's golf as a qualifier. In 22 events on the LPGA Tour, Lunke had never finished better than 15th...
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At a spry 46, Navratilova ties Wimbledon title record
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
WIMBLEDON, England -- Martina Navratilova has been playing tennis so long she's outlasted even the phenom named after her -- Martina Hingis. Navratilova is in a league now with George Foreman and Jack Nicklaus, champions all at 46, and Nolan Ryan, who still overpowered hitters at the same age...
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CVB hopes study will solve Cape's marketing identity crisis
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
When it comes to drawing tourists, St. Louis has its world-famous arch. Kansas City is renowned for its famous barbecue. St. Joseph has the historic Pony Express. Even Hannibal -- population 17,700 -- has Mark Twain. And Cape Girardeau has ... well, what?...
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Ford orchestra featured at Cape band concert
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
The Jerry Ford Orchestra featuring vocalist Pat Blackwell will provide the special entertainment during the Cape Girardeau Muny Band concert Wednesday. The guest conductor will be Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court...
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Cape schools may ask state to audit tax assessment
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
The financial scrambling after local property tax revenue fell short of projections has the Cape Girardeau School Board talking about calling in state officials to audit this year's assessed valuation. "I see all these people driving new vehicles down Kingshighway, and it's hard to believe personal property taxes are down," said Sharon Mueller, school board president. "We just feel we need to know where and why the district's money is less than expected."...
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Marlowe pleads guilty, avoids another jury trial
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Troy E. Marlowe's guilty plea Monday in Jackson to two felonies came nearly three years after a Cape Girardeau County jury convicted him of the same meth-related crimes. That conviction was overturned in November by the Missouri Supreme Court because Marlowe, as a white defendant, had protested the prosecutor disqualifying the only black member of the jury pool...
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Scott City to seek licenses to clean up flooded ditches
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Scott City soon will begin seeking licenses to clean up the privately owned ditches that contributed to heavy flooding in the city last spring. The one-time licenses will allow the city to do the cleanup and whatever slope work is needed. Thereafter, the landowners themselves will be required to maintain the ditches...
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Jackson to consider revamping fireworks ordinance
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
The Jackson firefighter whose home was destroyed earlier this month by a 20-cent firework emphatically asked the Jackson Board of Aldermen to consider banning the use and sale of bottle-rocket- type explosives. John Trowbridge said he was frustrated more than angered by the fire that consumed his family's house at 2215 Shannon Court. He addressed the board Monday night at its regular meeting...
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Cape City Council to follow ordinance on name of street
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
East Cape Rock Drive won out over Country Club Drive in a dispute over the name of one Cape Girardeau street that divided a neighborhood and forced the city council to settle the issue. The council voted Monday to change six city street signs that label Country Club Drive between Big Bend Road and Main Street at a cost of $120...
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People talk 7/8/03
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
First edition Austen novel auctioned off LONDON -- A book expert working for a Scottish auction house has found a rare first edition of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" -- the second time he's made such a find in a year. The three-volume edition, which will be up for bids today at auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull, was found among 70 boxes of dusty volumes in an Edinburgh warehouse...
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Tiger drives home point - There is no slump
(Sports Column ~ 07/08/03)
For all the fuss Tiger Woods made about everyone else's drivers, he needed his own just a half-dozen times each round to make his point. When he is on, Woods could play tee to green swinging a shovel and putt with a wine bottle and still win. Moments after he'd coasted to his first win in almost four months, and lapped most of the field in the Western Open in the bargain, Woods laughed, "Am I the leading candidate for comeback player of the year?"...
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Humidity helps fight against wildfire
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A rise in humidity calmed a wildfire burning a half-mile from an exclusive desert enclave Monday, greatly reducing the danger to dozens of houses, officials said. The same blaze destroyed more than 300 houses last month in and around the vacation hamlet of Summerhaven, high on Mount Lemmon. As of Monday, the fire had burned at least 81,000 acres in the mountains north of Tucson...
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Napster founder pursues new, legitimate venture
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
Napster the brand is going legit under new owner Roxio Inc. Now Napster the person is trying to do the same with an Internet startup that could, once again, have far-reaching impact on the music business. Napster creator Shawn Fanning is looking for backers of technology he's developing that would let file-sharing networks distribute music without violating copyrights, people familiar with the project said...
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President urges improvements in preschool education programs
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
LANDOVER, Md. -- President Bush called for revising the 38-year-old Head Start program to emphasize literacy skills and give states flexibility to mesh the instruction with their own preschool learning plans. "We want Head Start to set higher standards for the million children it serves," Bush said Monday. "No one wants Head Start to change; we just want additional focus."...
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Researchers say holding in anger can be predictor of headaches
(State News ~ 07/08/03)
ST. LOUIS -- Talk about something worth getting mad about. Bottling up anger can give you a headache, researchers at Saint Louis University said Monday. "We found that holding in anger is the biggest predictor of headaches among the group of patients we studied," said Robert Nicholson, assistant professor of community and family medicine. He was the principle investigator for a study recently published in the medical journal Headache...
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Holden signs downtown development bill
(State News ~ 07/08/03)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hoping to give Missouri's economy a boost, Gov. Bob Holden on Monday signed into law a measure intended to promote development in urban and rural areas by offering incentives to communities and developers. The legislation, passed by lawmakers without a single dissenting vote earlier this year, allows the state to distribute up to $150 million a year for development projects in downtown sections with a majority of buildings at least 35 years old...
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Rangers' Lyashenko found dead
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- New York Rangers forward Roman Lyashenko was found dead in a hotel room while vacationing in Turkey. The Rangers said Monday the cause of death wasn't immediately known. However, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported it was a suicide...
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Area digest 7/8
(Other Sports ~ 07/08/03)
Cape Legion picks up pair of forfeits Cape Girardeau Ford and Sons Senior Legion team picked up a pair of forfeit wins Monday night. Fulton, Ky., did not make the trip to Capaha Park due to a lack of players. Fulton only had seven players available...
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Recent retirees always put students first
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/03)
To the editor: I recently attended a Harrison College of Business retirement party for Frank Chong and Jim Buckenmyer. They represent 56 years of teaching experience. They cannot and will not be replaced. Each has received significant recognition for their teaching prowess...
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'Bring 'em on' indicates poor judgment
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/03)
To the editor: George Bush really went over the edge last week. His taunting the Iraqi opposition to "bring 'em on" indicates very poor judgment. I remember my Navy days. If President Ford had done that, it would have made me feel really betrayed...
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Liberal bias in the media is just a myth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/08/03)
To the editor: I am amazed at some of the letters you publish, the latest regarding the liberal bias in the media. Give me a break. It is my opinion that CBS, ABC and NBC are still living in the dark ages of TV journalism. They are not liberal by any means. If they were, they would be attacking President Bush every night the way the media used to attack Bill Clinton...
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Speak Out A 07/08/03
(Speak Out ~ 07/08/03)
Opposing the war ISN'T IT interesting that people are still bashing the United Nations and France even though events have shown that their understanding of the situation in Iraq was far superior than that of President Bush and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld? It reminds one of Vietnam. The people who favored that war were never able to forgive the people who opposed it just because they were right...
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J.P. Montgomery
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- J.P. Montgomery, 89, of Keller, Texas, formerly of Chaffee, died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at Baylor Hospital in Grapevine, Texas. He was born April 23, 1914, in Wiseman, Ark., son of Ulysses Palmer and Frances Myrtle Pinkston Montgomery. He and Kathryn Bowden were married Nov. 18, 1935. She died April 1, 2000...
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Hazel Saupe
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
Hazel L. Saupe, 90, of Shawneetown died Monday, July 7, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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William Wickham Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
William S. Wickham Jr., 62, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 7, 2003, at his home. He was born June 14, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, son of William S. and Mary Evelyn Martin Wickham Sr. He and Sharon L. Patterson were married Oct. 17, 1970, in Thebes, Ill...
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Jennie Aldredge
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
Jennie R. Aldredge, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1916, in Bonner Springs, Kan., daughter of Hugh and Viola Jane Morgan Gallagher. She and John Angus Aldredge were married Sept. 25, 1936. He died March 4, 1994...
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Elizabeth Balser
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
BRAZEAU, Mo. -- Elizabeth Louise "Betty Lou" Balser, 76, of Tulsa, Okla., died June 29, 2003, at her home. She was born Oct. 16, 1926, at Brazeau, daughter of Edwin and Fern Knox. She and Richard L. Balser were married March 6, 1954. Balser was a graduate of Perryville High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She worked with Missouri Public Health Department, and had been manager of the laboratory in Sikeston, Mo...
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Larry Bloodworth
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
ANNA, Ill. -- Larry Joe Bloodworth, 53, of Anna died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at John Cochran Veterans Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 11, 1949, in Anna, son of George and Lenore Thomas Bloodworth. Bloodworth was a member of Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455...
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James Fowler
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- James Edward Fowler, 66, of Charleston died Monday, July 7, 2003, at his home. He was born Oct. 12, 1936, in East Prairie, Mo., son of James Aubrey and Rosie Edna Priester Fowler. He and Candy Marleen Cramner were married Oct. 4, 1983...
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Helen Naugle
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Helen Z. Naugle, 93, of Ozark County, Mo., formerly of Chaffee, died Thursday, June 26, 2003, at Bixby Manor Healthcare in Bixby, Okla. She was born June 16, 1910, at Brixey, Mo., daughter of Marion and Nancy North Bushong. She and Orville A. Naugle were married May 30, 1925, at Romance, Mo...
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Tempa Simmons
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
Tempa P. Simmons, 58, of Scott City, died Monday, July 7, 2003, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Dale Riley
(Obituary ~ 07/08/03)
BLODGETT, Mo. -- Dale Riley, 67, of Blodgett, died Monday, July 7, 2003, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 14, 1936, in Blodgett, son of Rollie Roy and Annie Laura Oldham Riley. He worked as a meat cutter 32 years for the Kroger company throughout Southeast Missouri and Arkansas...
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Births 7/8/03
(Births ~ 07/08/03)
Wert Son to Robert and Kaye Wert of Fort Bragg, N.C., Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, 2:47 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2003. Name, Thomas Gabriel. Weight, 8 pounds. Mrs. Wert is the former Kaye McClard, daughter of Dorothy and Nelson Coomer of Cleburne, Texas, and the late Rick McClard of Jackson. Wert is the son of Robert and Judy Wert of Grant, Mich. He is serving with the U.S. Army Special Forces...
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MoDOT hearing tonight on Highway 72
(Editorial ~ 07/08/03)
It isn't unusual for the Missouri Department of Transportation to present a solution to a road problem and have local motorists totally disagree. Remember the temporary fix to Scott City's complicated Interstate 55 interchange? MoDOT is in the process of promoting another quick fix there...
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Steps toward peace in the Middle East
(Editorial ~ 07/08/03)
After three years of bloody hostilities, there has been an encouraging -- if fragile -- step toward peace in the Middle East. Three major Palestinian groups have declared a temporary cease-fire, and Israel has withdrawn military forces out of part of the Gaza Strip...
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Armstrong stays clear of harm, stands 10th
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/03)
SEDAN, France -- Lance Armstrong finished in a pack behind winner Baden Cooke of Australia in the second stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Armstrong, trying to win a record-tying fifth straight Tour, achieved his goal by staying out of trouble. The 31-year-old Texan finished 54th and was in 10th place overall, 11 seconds behind Bradley McGee. The Aussie retained the leader's yellow jersey with a 52nd-place finish...
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Nearly one in three doctors withholds info from patients
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
WASHINGTON -- Nearly one in three doctors reports withholding information from patients about useful medical services that aren't covered by their health insurance companies, and the number may be on the rise, a study reports. Study authors say their work offers the first empirical evidence for what many have long suspected: that coverage limitations imposed by managed care are infiltrating doctor-patient communications...
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Doctors use house calls for toughest-to-treat elderly
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
WASHINGTON -- Ruth Mitchell grins widely as her doctor walks into her kitchen and spots the recovering stroke victim faithfully following his prescription -- raisin bran for breakfast. "That's great," exclaims Dr. Eric De Jonge as he wheels in his black bag, loaded not just with stethoscopes and shots but with miniature modern gadgets usually seen only in hospitals: a beeper-like pulse oximeter to measure the oxygen in Mitchell's blood, analyzers for on-the-spot blood testing, a plate-sized EKG machine.. ...
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One-fourth of bridges in U.S. remain deficient
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
WASHINGTON -- More than a quarter of all U.S. highway bridges are considered deficient, a high number but a marked improvement after a decade of increased government spending. The number of bridges considered deficient -- they need repairs, cannot adequately handle traffic loads or do not meet safety standards -- declined 18 percent from 1992 to 2002, from 199,090 to 163,010, according to an Associated Press computer analysis of Federal Highway Administration data...
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Bush leaves for Africa, withholds decision on troops
(National News ~ 07/08/03)
From wire reports President Bush began his five-nation trip to Africa on Monday night without announcing a decision on whether he will send U.S. troops to Liberia. Bush was linking his decision to President Charles Taylor's fulfilling a commitment to leave Liberia, but Taylor appeared to complicate matters by saying he would leave only after the arrival of an international stabilization force...
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Morley man signs music contract with Texas record company
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
MORLEY -- It's no secret that music comes naturally to Grady Lutes. Since he was 4 years old, the now 32-year-old has been playing the guitar -- and has never had one lesson. "Any man can go get lessons and get the notes, but only those with God-given talent can play music. God implanted the talent in me and I give all my praise and glory to God," Lutes said...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 7/8/03
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Public hearings Held a hearing on the request of Rhodes Real Estate Partners and P&J Marketing for a special use permit for a warehouse at 1610 N. Kingshighway. Held a hearing on the request of Southeast Missouri Hospital Association to rezone the 1700 block of Broadway from C-1, local commercial, to C-3, central business district, for construction of a medical office building and parking garage.Consent ordinances...
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Region/state briefs 07/08/03
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
One of three Cape robbery defendants sentenced Two Cape Girardeau men, Quintayus D. Moore and Alex T. Bowen, appeared in front of Presiding Circuit Court Judge William Syler Monday for sentencing in connection with their guilty pleas to first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery...
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Cape fire report 7/8/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/03)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, July 8 Firefighters responded to the following item Sunday: At 7:14 p.m., a transformer fire at 811 Broadway rear. Firefighters responded to the following items Monday: At 2:44 p.m., a medical assist at 1900 Independence. At 3:10 p.m., an extrication on Highway B near Perry County line...
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Cape police report 7/8/03
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/03)
Cape Girardeau Tuesday, July 8 The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Elmer L. Sides, 28, of 724 S. Sprigg, Cape Girardeau, was arrested Monday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended and tampering.Arrests...
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Adventure playgrounds break plastic-and-steel mold
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Barbara McAndrews stood back and watched her four children scramble across a rope bridge and jump onto planks floating in 2 1/2 feet of water. They used long poles to propel themselves, Huck Finn-style, across the manmade lake...
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Preventing playground injuries
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Adults should always supervise children. Check that children play on equipment that is appropriate for their age. Check that the playground area is cushioned. A fall-zone should extend at least 6 feet in all directions from the equipment. Areas around swings should extend, in the back and front, twice the height of the suspending bar...
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The dulling of the American playground
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. The playgrounds, like so much in Gigi McGaughey's 4-year-old world, are not the way her parents remember. No 12-foot-tall metal slides shimmer and bake under the summer sun. The hulking jungle gyms where girls would hang by their knees, ponytails dangling over hard asphalt below, have been dismantled. It is hard to find those kid-powered merry-go-rounds that used to give giddy gut-level lessons in centrifugal force...
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Faces of 2morrow 7/8
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Notre Dame graduate gets four scholarships Cody Bell, a 2003 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, has received the Missouri Bright Flight Scholarship, Curator's Scholarship to University of Missouri-Columbia, St. John's Mercy Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarship and the Elks Club Most Valuable Student Scholarship...
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Show me the money lessons
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
NEW ORLEANS -- It's basic economics: The supply of students who know much about money is woefully scarce, driving a demand for schools to do more -- fast. Alan Greenspan, for one, a man who can make markets move in a few words, is campaigning for students to improve their fundamental money skills. Trouble is, many students have no idea who the federal reserve chairman is or what he does...
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Military game offers action, gore
(Local News ~ 07/08/03)
Bullets fly and so does the blood and gore in a new and ultimately disappointing Xbox title, "Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix." You play as John Mullins, a military "consultant" hired by a covert agency known as The Shop to combat evildoers around the world...
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Out of the past 7/8/03
(Out of the Past ~ 07/08/03)
10 years ago: July 8, 1993 Missouri National Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion in Cape Girardeau has been placed on alert and its Company D at Farmington activated to assist flood-fighting along Mississippi River; in addition, U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson is trying to corral assistance -- from President Clinton, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy and Gov. Mel Carnahan -- to help victims of Midwest's current flooding...
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